what is protocol testing??does anyone have an idea about it?also, i would like to know if there are any institutes offering courses on protocal testing, if not,can i get some domain names to go through on our own.

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sowmya

Hi,

You can visit te link below for Protocol testing

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~lee/01cis642/papers/BP94.pdf

Hope this will help you to an Extent.

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Sridevichitthu

Hi!

Protocol testing is mainly conducted in the telecom domain. There are n number of protocols that are controlling each and every action in this domain. For example if you call mobile to LL or vice versa, one network to other, one city to other. There are different technologies involved. SS7 is dealing with communication part, VoIP is dealing with the conversation part etc. VPN, PTT are also having more importance in this field. Therefore studying only the voip testing will not be useful. You have to undergo a complete training on this.

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Protocol has its use in applications such as computer networking, telecommunications, satellite network etc.Protocol Testing training program is the study on how to test Telecom Protocols. Protocols are tested by understanding their specifications and behaviour. Software testing study involves studying various testing methodologies required for testing the software

Protocol testing training program is the study on how to test telecom protocols. Protocols are tested by understanding their specifications and behaviour. Complete training on telecom testing modules with important tools and updated technology with projects. We provide training on manual testing, testing protocols under various technologies such as voip, ss7, 3g etc. We train our students along with all these above, testing the network management system protocols, element management system protocols, blue tooth, wimax, vpn, ptt, sdh, sonet etc

Hai friend,

In general, protocol testers work by capturing the information exchanged between a device under test (dut) and a reference device known to operate properly. In the example of a manufacturer producing a new keyboard for a personal computer, the device under test would be the keyboard and the reference device, the pc. The information exchanged between the two devices is governed by rules set out in a technical specification called a "communication protocol". Both the nature of the communication and the actual data exchanged are defined by the specification. Since communication protocols are state-dependent (what should happen next depends on what previously happened), specifications are complex and the documents describing them can be hundreds of pages.

The captured information is decoded from raw digital form into a human-readable format that permits users of the protocol tester to easily review the exchanged information. Protocol testers vary in their abilities to display data in multiple views, automatically detect errors, determine the root causes of errors, generate timing diagrams, etc.

Some protocol testers can also generate traffic and thus act as the reference device. Such testers generate protocol-correct traffic for functional testing, and may also have the ability to deliberately introduce errors to test for the dut's ability to deal with error conditions.

Protocol testing is an essential step towards commercialization of standards-based products. It helps to ensure that products from different manufacturers will operate together properly ("interoperate") and so satisfy customer expectations.

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Deepa

Protocol Testing training program is the study on how to test Telecom Protocols. Protocols are tested by understanding their specifications and behaviour. Software testing study involves studying various testing methodologies required for testing the software. Protocol testing involves applying these software testing methodologies to test the implementation of protocols using special tools meant for that..
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